After a Major fail buying a EG 25 at a local Chicago area (Carol Stream) dealership, I went to Indiana and bought a much more loaded one for only $1,000 more. First Maverick was an Eruption green FWD hybrid with only a trailer hitch. Dealer gave $1,600 off for the employee pricing, then refused...
Selling my 23 Hybrid. It's been a great little truck, but since buying the used Flex, I find myself driving it more, and the Maverick just sitting around all week. Got an Offer for $25,800 from Carvana. Paid $25.3 new. 13 months, and 28K miles later, I just don't see values holding on these much...
I paid $25K for my 23 Hybrid. I just got an offer on it for $26,400, with 27,000 miles on it now. Since I bought a Ford Flex for rideshare, I really don't need the Maverick now. I'm very tempted. Of course I will keep/sell off most of the accessories I bought for it. What to do?
I bought a 2015 Ford Flex to use for rideshare. Want to keep the miles off my Maverick. This will allow me to take the XL rides too, because it is a 7 passenger. Has 98k .miles on it, bought it for $10k. It is 3" wider than the Maverick, and massive legroom, but about the same length and height...
I originally bought an Ibolt 17 mm double ball socket adjustable mount to use in my Muslogy dash tray, but the 3M tape didn't stick well enough and came loose over time.
I decided to cut a scrap of plywood to fit in the plastic dash tray, as a zero cost fix. I added a couple thin strips of foam...
Has anyone had their infotainment system freeze, and not be able to reset it? Happened to me twice in the last month. Even shutting the truck off for 10 minutes does not help. I have contacted NHTSA about this because the backup camera does not work during that failure. Only shutting it off...
Picked up new 235/65/18 Crossmax tires on sale for $82.00 each from Amazon. They have great ratings for the price. These are 30" tall, and should fill the wheelwells a bit more and give a great ride. They are replacing my Toyo Observe 225/60 snow tires. New tires weigh 29 pounds each vs. 31 for...
I was out Saturday night doing some Uber rides. I get a call to pickup at a bar, and the passenger asked if it was an XLT or Lariat. Told him it's a base XL, and he said he has a Maverick at home that got hail damage Thursday. First passenger I had that owned a Maverick. His wife was going to...
Ford just filed for a mid gate patent for the Maverick. Probably for the 2028 MY redesign. https://fordauthority.com/2024/05/patent-filing-suggests-ford-maverick-could-get-midgate/
Ford says very few comprimises in new Hybrids.
https://www.autoblog.com/2024/03/23/hybrid-cars-now-have-very-few-compromises-says-ford-executive-and-sales-are-booming/
Took a week vacation, drove to Florida and back. Average speed was about 79 MPH over 2,000 miles. Highway speeds varied between 70-90mph, (a few times over that) Rolling with traffic most of the time. A little local driving, but 95% highway at least. 36.2 MPG indicated, 34.2 MPG hand calculated...
I didn't want the factory front plate mount which requires drilling, so I found one that works using zip ties. I used small sections of door edge on the back edge to keep from scratching the lower grille.
Drove 115 miles this afternoon, with 68 miles electric mode. 52.8 mpg. Mostly city, with a couple short highway trips. 5 hours of mostly suburban driving. Not bad, considering I wasn't trying.